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witness

[wit-nis] / ˈwɪt nɪs /






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A witness named Michael, who saw the crash, said in an interview with OnScene.TV that the car was traveling at a high rate of speed and that the driver was a woman.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

"It's incredible to just be a part of and witness - never mind to actually be learning from her and seeing her as a friend and an opponent."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

They are difficult because a language is being compelled to testify, and because a poet is asking who can bear witness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

To witness, in the Christian sense, is not to merely describe events.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

But their victory, painful as it was to witness, had also exposed their vulnerability.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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